Feng Xuezhen smiled, the most important thing in the antique shop is the story, the true story and the false story are half-true and half-false stories, Feng Xuezhen can say a basket with her eyes open, the most heard of these stories are the ancestral ones, those who make up stories stare and say nonsense without blinking their eyes, please, please see what your ancestors are doing before making up stories, okay?

If it is a descendant of the Eight Banners like the Tang family, it is said that it is passed down from the ancestors, and most people will believe it, and now Qin Long also said that it was passed down from the ancestors, Feng Xuezhen does not believe it.

Tang Haoer also walked out from behind the desk and invited Feng Xuezhen to sit on the hospitality sofa with a smile.

After the three of them sat down, Qin Long took out the gold ingots from his pocket, put them on the coffee table in front of Feng Xuezhen with a smile, and said with a smile: "Brother Feng, it's this gold ingot, please help me see how much this thing can sell for now." I know the rules of the treasure, I'll put it here for you, and you can take it yourself. ”

Feng Xuezhen couldn't help laughing, and the haze brought to him by Bai Susu in his heart seemed to have diluted a little.

Treasure but hand refers to those fragile objects, you this is the ingot, directly throw on the ground is to smash the floor a pit, at most is a little bad condition, this thing is not rare but very sought-after, even if the bad point of the quality will not have much impact on the final transaction price.

Feng Xuezhen smiled and picked up the gold ingots from the coffee table, and started it, Feng Xuezhen chuckled, looked up at Qin Long, and asked with bright eyes, "This is also Haidilao?"

took out two pieces of Haidilao in a row, and yesterday's Lingguan Qin Long also told Feng Xuezhen that it was just caught yesterday, Feng Xuezhen sent the ingots in his hand to the bottom of his nose, and sure enough, he smelled a faint smell of sea.

This one is also newly caught!

Feng Xuezhen tried hard to suppress his emotions, he had already vaguely guessed that Qin Long should have found something at the bottom of the sea, and the things he fished out from the bottom of the sea were probably not only the Ling Guan and this gold ingot.

If Feng Xuezhen knew that Qin Long also handed Tang Hao'er a Guanyin bottle from Song Ruyao, I am afraid that he would now be able to think of the British warships that were like no one along the coast of China during the Opium War, and even deeper, he could also think of the burned Old Summer Palace, the looted Manchu Palace, and the looted entire Manchu Imperial Capital.

This is also where Qin Long lacks experience, perhaps because Tang Hao'er is the general manager here, if he were someone else, he would never send all three treasures to an antique shop to deal with.

Facing Feng Xuezhen, who was looking directly, Qin Long smiled: "Brother Feng, you are an expert, and I can't hide anything from you." I'm short on money now, can you accept this ingot, what price can you offer?"

Feng Xuezhen looked at Tang Hao'er, Tang Hao'er smiled and said, "Brother Feng, you don't have to look at me, follow the rules, do business, we should keep as much profit as we want." ”

Feng Xuezhen exhaled and carefully examined the gold ingot.

The ingots are in the shape of a horse's hoof, there are several casting seals arranged in the horseshoe concave, a casting seal in the middle is relatively large, from top to bottom, the casting handwriting is very clear, 'Xianfeng ten years made', the left and right four small casting seals are two 'pure gold' and two 'refining', and the outermost two slightly larger casting seals are cast with the casting date 'Bingxu month'.

Seeing the casting mark on this, Feng Xuezhen pinched her fingers, and even the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching a few times.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng, that is, in November 1860, the Old Summer Palace was burned, and the "BJ Treaty" was humiliated by the loss of power and humiliation.

Feng Xuezhen took out a card-type precision electronic scale from her pocket, put the gold ingots in her hand on the electronic scale and weighed it, confirmed the reading, closed her eyes slightly and thought for a while, opened her eyes and looked at Qin Long and said: "Brother Dalong, the family doesn't talk about two families, your gold ingots have a very special historical significance, and we will definitely accept it in the Treasure Pavilion, and I will also give you the highest price in the industry, but there is a question I hope you will answer me truthfully." ”

As she spoke, Feng Xuezhen didn't ask her question directly, but turned to Tang Hao'er and said, "Hao'er, you should be aware of the price difference between the price of a unique item in the antique shop and the large number of collectibles. ”

This time, even Qin Long understood, Feng Xuezhen was worried that he still had the same gold ingots in his hand.

Tang Hao'er looked at Qin Long and smiled and said: "Dalong, antiques are indeed like this, legend has it that someone has two identical antiques and deliberately destroys one of them, so that the remaining one becomes a unique piece, and the collection value will increase exponentially." ”

Qin Long rubbed his nose in embarrassment, what did Nima say, do you want to tell your buddy that he still has a whole box of such gold ingots that he hasn't taken out.

Seeing Qin Long's reaction, Tang Hao'er's eyes slowly widened.

Wouldn't you, you still have such a gold ingot in your hand? And it seems that there is more than one reaction from you?

Qin Long pinched his nose and looked at Feng Xuezhen and asked, "Brother Feng, you said that this gold ingot has a very special historical significance, can you tell me what is special about this gold ingot first?"

Feng Xuezhen stared at Qin Long, Qin Long's performance just now gave him every reason to suspect that Qin Long had more than just this gold ingot.

That pipe, plus this gold ingot with an extraordinary origin.

Feng Xuezhen's heart beat faster uncontrollably, he had already vaguely guessed something, this news was too shocking, the old man and Tang Yun would definitely be very interested, and they had to be notified immediately.

Facing Qin Long's inquiry, Feng Xuezhen pondered for a moment and asked, "Da Long, do you know why the British started the Opium War?"

Why?

Isn't it because we're weak and they're strong, we're easy to bully?

Although Qin Long thought so in his heart, he knew that if he really answered like this, he was afraid that he would make a joke, silence is golden, and it is always right to speak less if he doesn't understand.

Qin Long looked at Feng Xuezhen and said, "Brother Feng, please speak." ”

Feng Xuezhen stroked the gold ingot, sorted out her thoughts, raised her head and looked at Qin Long and Tang Hao'er, who were good students, and said, "The British invaded us, in the final analysis, it was driven by interests. ”

Qin Long almost gave Feng Xuezhen a big wink, isn't this nonsense, the root cause of all wars comes from interests, when the balance of interests is broken, war is the ultimate solution, even children know this truth, there is no need to take it to the classroom to give a lecture, right?

Feng Xuezhen sighed and continued: "Britain during the Opium War was the most powerful period in British history, Britain at that time was the largest colonial country in the world, and it was also the most developed industrial country in the world, known as the empire on which the sun never sets. After the completion of the Industrial Revolution, Britain needed a vast market to export their goods, and China at that time was exactly what they needed to dump industrial products. At that time, Chinese silk, tea, porcelain and other goods were very popular in Britain, but British industrial products exported to China were not favored by Chinese, so it caused a huge trade deficit between China and Britain. The most important of these is that Britain has implemented a gold standard monetary policy since the 18th century, while the Qing government implemented a silver standard monetary system, and all trade transactions with foreign countries were settled in silver, which caused Britain to suffer huge economic losses. ”

Qin Long was a little confused when he heard this, whether to settle in gold or silver, does this have anything to do with me, a gold ingot?